2010 Opel Astra 1.6 - Answered Questions & Fixed issues
When my opel astra 1.6ie is cold it struggle to start, and cant rev when its cold, but when its warm it becomes normal. Anybody have advice for me please.
Identical cold start issue on my Astra IE 1996 F series after the engine got rebored - after months the new oil pump was found to be faulty & clogged-up & replaced by the spares supplier - the car then ran perfectly after this. I was told the blockage created a backpressure & the computer was stopped it starting.
16 years later - 10 yrs after the last service covering just 8600km (last 2 yrs car hardly started) has identical cold issues again. It can be driven around & wont take long cold start in our warm coastal winters. The good mechanic seems to be giving up trying to fix my old car but refuses to believe its a low oil pressure issue saying that just makes the oil warning symbol light up & doesn't affect a car starting. I want to check if the engine warning light works on starting showing the low oil pressure sensor is working. But his now busy searching for a Astra specific temperature sensor.
Opel Astra 2L,2004 model misfiring cylinder 1&4 after engine overhaul
Hi did you do the engine overhaul yourself? if so I don't think you have any comeback, but, is a registered agent did the work, you should take it back and get them to rectify the problem at their expense as they are the agents for the Opel company in Germany. Incidentally, General Motors sold Opel and Peugeot, France bought it, so you may have a battle to get satisfaction. Good luck!!
I can smell fuel in my 2005 astra where would the smell be coming from
Smell could be coming from anywhere due to how a travelling vehicle often has a slightly negative pressure inside, drawing in odours through every available gap.
Only systematic checking is likely to discover the source.
Vauxhall - Opel have long used fuel hose sections of a rubber hose covered with a fabric braid which doesn't age very well and it is worth paying particular attention to any of these fitted to your car.
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